CHAPTER IX 



OtTTLINES OF A POLICY OF REFOEM 



Those who have read the preceding pages with rea- 

 sonable attention will be able to anticipate most of 

 the leading features of the policy of reform which I 

 desire to outline in bringing this study to a close. 

 The problem is many-sided ; the evils are so numerous 

 and varied in character that no single reform will 

 suffice. The evils spring from so many sources — • 

 from the animals themselves, their environment, 

 their attendants, the utensils into which the milk is 

 drawn, the mode of its conveyance from the farms to 

 the cities, the places where it is sold, and the unhy- 

 gienic conditions which aboimd in the homes where it 

 is consumed. At every stage, from the time it is drawn 

 from the cow's udder until it enters the infant's stom- 

 ach, ignorance, carelessness, and greed — but ignorance 

 above all ! — add to the natural difficulties and perils 

 of using cow's milk as a food for the human infant. 



While the conditions described in the earlier pages 

 of this volume obtain generally in all states and in 

 most cities, whether large or small, the degree in which 



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